Blizzard At Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine; Rains Hit Jammu
Many high-altitude spaces within the Union Territory witnessed snowstorm.
Jammu:
The well-known cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi atop the Trikuta Hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district witnessed its first snowstorm this season on Sunday, officers stated.
There used to be no disruption in motion of devotees, they stated.
Many high-altitude spaces within the Union Territory witnessed snowstorm, whilst the plains, together with Jammu town, gained intermittent rains amid heavy cloud quilt all through maximum a part of the day.
The snowstorm at the Trikuta Hills, together with on the ”Bhawan” (sanctum sanctorum) of began round 5.30 pm and lasted for just about half-an-hour, the officers stated.
They stated the elements on the shrine remained cloudy with intermittent spells of rainfall previous all through the day.
The pilgrimage to the shrine endured and the devotees had been additionally noticed taking part in the snowstorm, the officers stated.
Katra, the bottom camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine, recorded a most of 14.eight levels Celsius in opposition to the day gone by’s 19.eight levels Celsius, whilst the minimal temperature settled at 5.7 levels Celsius.
Jammu additionally recorded a dip of 2 notches within the day temperature which settled at 17.2 levels Celsius – 1.eight levels under the standard, a spokesman of the MeT division stated.
He stated the evening temperature in Jammu used to be 4.2 levels Celsius which may be 3.2 levels under season’s reasonable.
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